4 ﱏ ﱐ ﱑ ﱒ ﱓ ﱔ ﱕ ﱖ ﱗ ﱘ ﱙ ﱚ ﱛ ﱜ EN And said: "O my Lord, my bones decay, my head is white and hoary, yet in calling You, O Lord, I have never been deprived.
5 ﱞ ﱟ ﱠ ﱡ ﱢ ﱣ ﱤ ﱥ ﱦ ﱧ ﱨ ﱩ ﱪ EN But I fear my relatives after me; and my wife is barren. So grant me a successor as a favour from You
6 ﱬ ﱭ ﱮ ﱯ ﱰﱱ ﱲ ﱳ ﱴ EN Who will be heir to me, and heir to the house of Jacob; and make him obedient to You, O Lord."
7 ﱶ ﱷ ﱸ ﱹ ﱺ ﱻ ﱼ ﱽ ﱾ ﱿ ﲀ ﲁ EN "O Zachariah," (it was) said, "We give you good news of a son by name of John.' To none have We attributed the name before."
8 ﲃ ﲄ ﲅ ﲆ ﲇ ﲈ ﲉ ﲊ ﲋ ﲌ ﲍ ﲎ ﲏ ﲐ EN "How can I have a son, O Lord" he said, "when my wife is barren and I am old and decrepit?"
9 ﲒ ﲓ ﲔ ﲕ ﲖ ﲗ ﲘ ﲙ ﲚ ﲛ ﲜ ﲝ ﲞ ﲟ EN (The angel) answered: "Thus will it be. Your Lord said: 'This is easy for Me; for when I brought you into being you were nothing.'
10 ﲡ ﲢ ﲣ ﲤ ﲥﲦ ﲧ ﲨ ﲩ ﲪ ﲫ ﲬ ﲭ ﲮ EN He said: "O Lord, give me a token." "Though sound," He answered, "you will not talk to any one for three nights running."
11 ﲰ ﲱ ﲲ ﲳ ﲴ ﲵ ﲶ ﲷ ﲸ ﲹ ﲺ EN So he came from the chamber to his people, and suggested to them (by signs) to sing the praises of the Lord morning and evening.
12 ﱁ ﱂ ﱃ ﱄﱅ ﱆ ﱇ ﱈ EN (We said:) "O John, hold fast to the Book;" and We gave him wisdom right from boyhood,
15 ﱙ ﱚ ﱛ ﱜ ﱝ ﱞ ﱟ ﱠ ﱡ EN So peace on him the day he was born, the day he will die, and the day that he will be raised from the dead.